Exhibit 99.1

Titan General Holdings Acquires Interest in Coesen Inc., Holder of Rigid-Flex
Manufacturing Patents; Acquisition Solidifies Titans Intellectual Property

         Fremont, CA., March 10, 2003 (Business Wire) Ventures-National
Incorporated, dba Titan General Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:TTGH), a manufacturer of
time sensitive, high tech, prototype, and pre-production printed circuit boards,
announced today that it closed the acquisition of 33.3% of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock of Coesen, Inc. In consideration for the
shares, the Registrant issued thirty thousand (30,000) shares of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant and paid $5,000 in cash, to the
seller, Howard Doane. Coesen owns certain patented technology relating to a
method of manufacture of rigid-flex printed circuit boards, which was previously
licensed perpetually to Eastern Manufacturing Corporation, certain of the assets
of which, including the license to the technology, were acquired by Titan in
February 2003. In consideration for the license rights to the technology, the
Registrant has agreed to pay Coesen a royalty in the amount of 2.0% of revenues
derived from the sale of products by the Registrant or its subsidiaries using
the technology, payable on a quarterly basis.

         In connection with the acquisition of the Shares, David M. Marks,
Chairman of the Registrant, was elected to the Board of Directors of Coesen and
Mr. Doane resigned as a director of Coesen. In addition, Mr. Doane and the two
other stockholders of Coesen entered into a stockholders agreement with Coesen
dated as of March 5, 2003 pursuant to which the stockholders agreed not to take
actions not in the ordinary course of business including, without limitation,
incurring of indebtedness outside the ordinary course, liquidating or dissolving
Coesen, merging or consolidating Coesen with another entity, issuing or
redeeming any equity, in each case without the prior written consent of the
Registrant.

         David Marks, Chairman of Titan, stated, Our acquisition of the interest
in Coesen and the related stockholders agreement with its other stockholders
solidifies and secures our unfettered access to exciting intellectual property
which Titan now plans to utilize in its expansion to increase its portfolio of
products and to differentiate certain of its existing products.

About Ventures National dba Titan General Holdings, Inc (Titan):

o  Titan is in the business of PCB manufacturing with capability for
   expansion to include backplane assembly. Titan is a manufacturer of time
   sensitive, high tech, prototype, and pre-production printed circuit boards.
   Beginning in the year 2001, Titan and its predecessors began acquiring
   cutting edge technology equipment and processes from competitors unable to
   remain in business due to a severe market downturn and overwhelming debt.
   Titan also obtained customer lists and orders from several of these firms,
   resulting in new business opportunities. Through the recent completion of
   these acquisitions, Titan is positioning to become a leading electronics
   contract quick-turn manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segment of time
   sensitive manufacturing in the $130 billion global electronics manufacturing
   services market. Titan has commenced the process of relocating and upgrading
   its current PCB plant into a facility formerly occupied by Tyco Electronics
   Inc. in Fremont, California. Through vertical integration, Titan expects to
   evolve its service and manufacturing operations while continuing to acquire
   assets and customers of struggling firms in the PCB sector.



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uncertainties. The actual future results of the Company could differ
significantly from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to assumptions relating to the
growth in PCB market and that there will be no unanticipated material adverse
change in Titan's operations or business. Further information on Titan's risk
factors is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and
its annual report as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.